A Moment of Science
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Getting a Tongue Lashing Click here to listen: http://wfiu.indiana.edu/podcasts/audio/amos/08/171.mp3 I |
Vocabulary:
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lick odd texture tongue human rough consistency sandpaper surprise suddenly tiny bumps papillae (pl.) material fingernails similar purpose grooming device to scrape fur in order to to remove scent to be supposed to to rub |
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mark territory in the wild to put out scent If it were to do that predators potential prey to be warned away to scrape residue bones seemingly source of nutrition thoroughly finally kittens series of small spines along the edges newborn to latch onto nipple to nurse to miss a single drop |
Listening
comprehension questions:
1. How does a cat's tongue feel when
a cat licks you?
2. Why does it feel this way?
3. Give two reasons why a cat sometimes
wants to remove its scent from its body.
4. Name two other functions of a cat's
special kind of tongue.
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Mmm...Sweaters |
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Vocabulary:
| psychology published Journal of Consumer Research subjects images nature yummy to participate in lottery game short-term advantage long-term Guess what? far more likely to right-now pleasure sales environments cookie-scented candle sweater on impulse |
food-related on a tight budget to affect evolutionary history to be hard to come by to spot brain to be wired reward to be gone It seems to be the case that to prime to leak over into behavior directly plausible to trigger to realize |
Listening
comprehension questions:
1. How did looking at pictures of yummy
food as opposed to pictures of nature affect test subjects playing a lottery
game?
2. What surprising extension of this phenomenon
did researchers find in another experiment?
3. Why do food smells and shopping behavior
seem to be related?
4. Tell of an experience you
have had with impulse buying.